Knights of the Round Table

Knights of the Round Table

1953

Robert Taylor stars as Sir Lancelot in this MGM Arthurian adventure, in which the great knight must navigate his forbidden love for Queen Guinevere while remaining loyal to King Arthur and fighting against the treacherous Mordred. Shot partly on location in Britain, the film brings the Knights of the Round Table to life with sweeping pageantry.

Director

  • Richard Thorpe

Cast

  • Robert Taylor
  • Ava Gardner
  • Mel Ferrer
  • Anne Crawford
  • Stanley Baker
  • Felix Aylmer

Filming Locations

  • Ashridge Estate

    Woodland and hawking scenes were filmed at Ashridge, with the estate's broad-leaved forest providing authentic English landscape backdrops for the Arthurian outdoor sequences.